Figure 1
External view of the central courtyard (partially covered) and the roof of the Zawiya al-Maghariba, pictured from west to east, 2023.
© Vincent Lemire (2023).
Figure 2
Location of the 11 valuable buildings highlighted in the 3D reconstruction.26
© map by F. J. Salmon.
Figure 3
First version of the 3D reconstruction of the Maghrebi Quarter built on the cadastral map of Frederick John Salmon.
© 3D Research srl, 2023.
Figure 4
Ground floor plan of the madrasa al-Tashtamuriyya.
Source: Burgoyne & Richards 1987.
Figure 5
Ground floor plan of the Madrasa al-Tankiziyya.
Source: Burgoyne & Richards 1987.
Figure 6
Ground floor plan of the Khalidi Library.
Source: Burgoyne & Richards 1987.
Figure 7
Ground floor plan of the Maghrebi Mosque with the Madrasa al-Fakhriyya inside (in black).
Source: Burgoyne & Richards 1987.
Figure 8
The scalloped arch (Ayyubid period)30 above the entrance to the Madrasa Afdaliyya, pictured from north-west to south-east, 1930s.31
© EBAF.
Figure 9
Aerial picture taken from a Zeppelin on April 11, 1931, from north to south, with the Maghrebi ramp (S-shape, center) and a part of the Maghrebi Quarter (lower-right).32, 33
Source: Archiv der Luftschiffbau Zeppelin GmbH, Friedrichshafen.
Figure 10
Orthodox Jews near the Wailing Wall between 1934 and 1939.42, 43
© Matson Photograph Collection, Library of Congress.
Figure 11
Foundation stone of the Zawiya al-Maghariba located above the eastern door of the Zawiya.45
© Lemire, 2023.
Figure 12
Iterative feedback reconstruction process.
© 3D Research srl, 2023.
Figure 13
2D block out of the building area in the Maghrebi Quarter.
© 3D Research srl, 2023.
Figure 14
3D representation of the building area in the Maghrebi Quarter.
© 3D Research srl, 2023.
Figure 15
Modular assets.
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Figure 16
Block out of a building (on the left); Geometry Nodes for procedural generation (in the middle); final aspect of the building (on the right).
© 3D Research srl, 2023.
Figure 17
The Maghrebi Quarter after applying Geometry Nodes.
© 3D Research srl, 2023.
Figure 18
Madrasa al-Fahriyya: block out (on the left); detailed modelling (in the middle); texturing (on the right).
© 3D Research srl, 2023.
Figure 19
Selection of the area of interest from OpenStreetMap (on the left); creation of the buildings (on the right).
© 3D Research srl, 2023.
Figure 20
Integration of all the modelled buildings.
© 3D Research srl, 2023.
Figure 21
Virtual scenario in Unity.
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Figure 22
Some details from the scenario.
© 3D Research srl, 2023.